So, my buddy's 94 mustang got stolen a week or so ago. After the police called and told him they found it in the road still runnin, naturally i gave him a ride down to pick it up. When we got there the motor had a nice ticking sound goin. It SOUNDS like it's in the head, so i think the bottom end is ok. I pulled the valve covers and kinda took a look at things as best as i could.... The only think i noticed was that one of the push-rods on the passenger side (the furthest one back) is a little scuffed right at the ball on the end where it meets the rocker arm. While i think that prolly needs to be swapped out, i wouldn't imagine that could be the cause of the ticking.
That being said, i am basically stuck. What should i be looking? Does anybody have a notion as to what it might be and how i would go about checking?
Thanks for any help- :-)
-- Bo